Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.
Jean de la BruyereIf a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.
Jean de la BruyereA well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, 'is he well-born?'
Jean de la BruyereSome young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them entirely. They weaken these gifts of heaven, so rare and fragile, by affected manners and an awkward imitation. Their tones and their gait are borrowed; they study their attitudes before the glass until they have lost all trace of natural manner, and, with all their pains, they please but little.
Jean de la Bruyere